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A brewery sign received a rather rude makeover shortly after the company announced a series of job losses.

Someone removed the H, I and the E from the Thwaites sign in Blackburn, leaving a not-too-subtle message beaming out across the Lancashire town.

The red logo was changed yesterday, only a short time after it was announced up to 60 jobs would be lost at the brewery, leading to suspicions disgruntled workers were behind the sign’s transformation.

Twitter user Sam Thomson thought it was just a matter of time before the sign would be tampered with, writing: ‘They’ve been waiting for a good excuse to do this.’

The sign was eventually returned to its original state when management found out what had happened.

A Thwaites spokesman said they were investigating.

While some people were amused to see the naughty message, others were relieved the sign was restored before the Queen’s forthcoming visit in April.

Emma Cruces said: ‘Thwaites’ partial sign blackout created unfortunate message with H, I and E missing. All sorted in time for Queen’s visit though :)’